mtian@npr.orgNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Every weekday, 91.5 KRCC's All Things Considered features breaking news, stories and reports from NPR reporters and correspondents based throughout the United States and the world. Reports and newscasts from the 91.5 KRCC Newsroom feature stories and updates from around the Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico region, as well as Capitol Coverage.NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94All Things Considered Thu, 22 Feb 2018 03:37:14 +0000All Things Considered http://krcc.org
editorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Florida Shooting Survivor Weighs In On Meeting With President Trumphttp://krcc.org/post/florida-shooting-survivor-weighs-meeting-president-trump
75262 as http://krcc.orgThu, 22 Feb 2018 02:01:00 +0000Florida Shooting Survivor Weighs In On Meeting With President TrumpMara LiassonCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Parents And Students Express Frustration During School Safety Meeting With Trumphttp://krcc.org/post/parents-and-students-express-frustration-during-school-safety-meeting-trump
75261 as http://krcc.orgThu, 22 Feb 2018 00:54:00 +0000Parents And Students Express Frustration During School Safety Meeting With TrumpEyder PeraltaCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Tanzania's Biggest City Finds Success With Region's First Bus Rapid Transit Systemhttp://krcc.org/post/tanzanias-biggest-city-finds-success-regions-first-bus-rapid-transit-system
75245 as http://krcc.orgWed, 21 Feb 2018 21:20:00 +0000Tanzania's Biggest City Finds Success With Region's First Bus Rapid Transit SystemeditorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.West Point Posthumously Admits Florida Shooting Victim Who Helped His Classmates Escapehttp://krcc.org/post/west-point-posthumously-admits-florida-shooting-victim-who-helped-his-classmates-escape
75246 as http://krcc.orgWed, 21 Feb 2018 21:20:00 +0000West Point Posthumously Admits Florida Shooting Victim Who Helped His Classmates EscapeBrian NaylorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Why There Will Likely Never Be Another Pastor Like Billy Grahamhttp://krcc.org/post/why-there-will-likely-never-be-another-pastor-billy-graham
75248 as http://krcc.orgWed, 21 Feb 2018 21:20:00 +0000Why There Will Likely Never Be Another Pastor Like Billy GrahamPeter KenyonCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Kurds Asking For Help From Syrian Forces To Repel Turkish Attacks In Syrian Warhttp://krcc.org/post/kurds-asking-help-syrian-forces-repel-turkish-attacks-syrian-war
75250 as http://krcc.orgWed, 21 Feb 2018 21:20:00 +0000Kurds Asking For Help From Syrian Forces To Repel Turkish Attacks In Syrian WareditorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.KFC Store Closures In The U.K. Prompt Calls To Police With Complaints Of Chicken Shortagehttp://krcc.org/post/kfc-store-closures-uk-prompt-calls-police-complaints-chicken-shortage
75254 as http://krcc.orgWed, 21 Feb 2018 21:20:00 +0000KFC Store Closures In The U.K. Prompt Calls To Police With Complaints Of Chicken ShortageDavid FolkenflikAn outside legal review of NPR's handling of allegations against its former top news executive, Michael Oreskes, found that questions were raised about his behavior toward women even before he was hired. And concerns about misconduct were reportedly flagged throughout Oreskes' 2 1/2-year tenure at the network right up to the day he was fired. Repeated warnings from the network's top leadership about Oreskes' inappropriate conduct and expenditures proved ineffective, the review by the law firm Morgan Lewis noted . "Attempts to curtail Mr. Oreskes' conduct and attention to women were not successful," the report stated. "While management made multiple attempts to counsel Mr. Oreskes about his conduct, he was not deterred from pursuing conversations and dinner meetings with women inside and outside of NPR that were inappropriate and served a nonbusiness purpose." Oreskes was forced to resign on Nov. 1. In an interview on Tuesday, NPR Board Chairman Paul Haaga compared the process ofReport Detailing Harassment At NPR Cites 'High Level Of Distrust' Of Managementhttp://krcc.org/post/report-detailing-harassment-npr-cites-high-level-distrust-management
75205 as http://krcc.orgTue, 20 Feb 2018 23:03:00 +0000Report Detailing Harassment At NPR Cites 'High Level Of Distrust' Of ManagementAri ShapiroBotanist David Fairchild grew up in Kansas at the end of the 19th century. He loved plants, and he loved travel, and he found a way to combine both into a job for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. At the age of 22, he created the Section of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction of the USDA, and for the next 37 years, he traveled the world in search of useful plants to bring back to America. He visited every continent except Antarctica and brought back mangos, quinoa, dates, cotton, soybeans, bamboo and the flowering Japanese cherry trees that blossom all over Washington D.C. each spring, as well as hundreds of other plants. All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro talked with Daniel Stone , author of The Food Explorer: The True Adventures Of A Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats , which recounts Fairchild's sometimes harrowing adventures acquiring the familiar foods we eat and plants we take for granted today. Interview Highlights On how common a traveling foodieLike Lemons? Quinoa? Thank This Food Explorer For Bringing Them To Your Platehttp://krcc.org/post/lemons-quinoa-thank-food-explorer-bringing-them-your-plate
75203 as http://krcc.orgTue, 20 Feb 2018 23:01:00 +0000Like Lemons? Quinoa? Thank This Food Explorer For Bringing Them To Your PlateMichele KelemenCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is making a pitch to the U.N. Security Council. Hold an international peace conference this year to salvage the idea of a Palestinian state. The Palestinian leader doesn't want the U.S. in charge of the peace process after the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. NPR's Michele Kelemen has more. MICHELE KELEMEN, BYLINE: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says last year he was open to President Trump's talk of an historic peace deal. That was until Trump took what Abbas called a dangerous move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Abbas spoke to the U.N. Security Council through an interpreter. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS: (Through interpreter) It did so ignoring that East Jerusalem is part of the Palestinian territory it has occupied since 1967, and it is our capital. KELEMEN: Abbas argues thatPalestinian Authority President No Longer Wants U.S. To Lead Peace Effortshttp://krcc.org/post/palestinian-authority-president-no-longer-wants-us-lead-peace-efforts
75192 as http://krcc.orgTue, 20 Feb 2018 21:38:00 +0000Palestinian Authority President No Longer Wants U.S. To Lead Peace EffortsDavid WelnaCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The first prisoner to leave Guantanamo since President Trump took office was supposed to be on his way today. Instead, all 41 of the Guantanamo inmates Trump inherited remain there, including five others who had previously been cleared for release. NPR's David Welna explains. DAVID WELNA, BYLINE: The legally binding deal to release confessed al-Qaida operative Ahmed al-Darbi today could not be more clear, says his lawyer, City University of New York law professor Ramzi Kassem. In exchange for pleading guilty to war crimes four years ago and being a witness for the prosecution of two other Guantanamo inmates, Kassem says, Darbi was supposed to serve out the remaining nine years of his sentence in his native Saudi Arabia. RAMZI KASSEM: The agreement between my client and the U.S. government provides for his transfer to Saudi custody by no later than February 20, 2018. That's today's date. SARAH HIGGINS: Mr. Darbi's transfer fromU.S. Officials Say Scheduled Transfer Of Guantanamo Bay Detainee Is Not Happening Yethttp://krcc.org/post/us-officials-say-scheduled-transfer-guantanamo-bay-detainee-not-happening-yet
75193 as http://krcc.orgTue, 20 Feb 2018 21:38:00 +0000U.S. Officials Say Scheduled Transfer Of Guantanamo Bay Detainee Is Not Happening YetAarti ShahaniCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians and three Russian companies detailed some of the ways in which Russian trolls used Facebook in an attempt to suppress African-American and Muslim voter turnout during the 2016 presidential election. And just last week, after the school shooting in Florida, trolls used Twitter to promote an extremist gun position. Those are just two examples of how easy it is to use social media to manipulate public opinion and voter attitudes. We're joined now by NPR's Aarti Shahani, who's following how social networks are responding. Hi, Aarti. AARTI SHAHANI, BYLINE: Hi. SHAPIRO: Let's start with last week's school shooting in Florida. How did trolls online exploit that tragedy? SHAHANI: Well, I spoke with a researcher at New Knowledge - that's a group that studies pro-Russia trolls - and he gave me a chilling timeline. By 2:30 p.m. Eastern that day he saw an uptick of messages by thisRussian Bots Are Spreading False Information After The Florida Shootinghttp://krcc.org/post/russian-bots-are-spreading-false-information-after-florida-shooting
75194 as http://krcc.orgTue, 20 Feb 2018 21:38:00 +0000Russian Bots Are Spreading False Information After The Florida ShootingeditorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: On October 4, four American soldiers on patrol in the African country of Niger were killed in an ambush by terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State. The Pentagon promised a thorough investigation. That was months ago. And the story more or less disappeared from the public eye after that. Now a team of reporters from The New York Times has pieced together a detailed investigation into how this mission went so wrong. They found that the routine patrol was traveling not in armored vehicles but in pickup trucks and an SUV. They were unexpectedly ordered to go search the campsite of a terrorist leader who was believed to be in the area. That order pushed them further into hostile territory without air support for protection. RUKMINI CALLIMACHI: Why was this patrol that was out on a routine, low-risk mission asked to go to the suspected hideout of a known terrorist? SHAPIRO: Rukmini Callimachi went to Niger to report this story.'New York Times' Investigates Ambush Of U.S. Soldiers In Nigerhttp://krcc.org/post/new-york-times-investigates-ambush-us-soldiers-niger
75150 as http://krcc.orgMon, 19 Feb 2018 22:19:00 +0000'New York Times' Investigates Ambush Of U.S. Soldiers In NigerJoel RoseAs the Senate tries to hash out a deal on immigration, it's not just immigrants that have a lot at stake. So do the businesses that hire them. "We are suffering very much from shortage of labor — skilled labor — here in Dalton," said Ahmed Salama, the CEO of Oriental Weavers USA, the American branch of a giant Egyptian company. Salama recently showed me around his factory in Dalton, Ga., where hulking machines weave bright-colored yarn together. Dalton bills itself as the "carpet capital of the world." Wall-to-wall carpeting was basically invented here after World War II. Today, Dalton is ringed by big factories that make most of the carpet sold in the U.S. It's a conservative corner of northwest Georgia where Donald Trump won more than 70 percent of the vote. But even here, some employers are nervous that the Trump administration's immigration policies will make it harder to find enough workers. "Two years ago, I wish I'd had this problem, because you could've wallpapered our officeWhy Employers In Georgia Are Watching The Immigration Debate Closely http://krcc.org/post/why-employers-georgia-are-watching-immigration-debate-closely
75138 as http://krcc.orgMon, 19 Feb 2018 21:49:00 +0000Why Employers In Georgia Are Watching The Immigration Debate Closely Ari ShapiroCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Every Olympics it seems like people turn into overnight experts on whatever event happens to be on. Who knew that we could so easily master the subtleties of 4x10 cross-country ski relay and... (SOUNDBITE OF CURLING) SHAPIRO: ...Then curling. Well, while the world has been focused on Pyeongchang, you might have missed this competition in Las Vegas last week for an activity that most of us do regularly. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Baggers, are you ready? UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Let's do this. (APPLAUSE) SHAPIRO: Bagging groceries. And the 2018 best grocery bagger in America is Trevor DeForest, a 35-year-old assistant manager at Fairway Groceries in Maquoketa, Iowa. TREVER DEFOREST: Everybody out in the crowd just went crazy. And you literally just - you sacked as fast as you possibly could. SHAPIRO: Just sacked as fast as you could. DeForest has been sacking since the age of 14. His dad's a grocery manager, soGrocery Bagging Champ: 'You Just Sacked As Fast As You Possibly Could'http://krcc.org/post/grocery-bagging-champ
75147 as http://krcc.orgMon, 19 Feb 2018 21:49:00 +0000Grocery Bagging Champ: 'You Just Sacked As Fast As You Possibly Could'Ari ShapiroIn the fall of 2008, Omega Young got a letter prompting her to recertify for Medicaid. But she was unable to make the appointment because she was suffering from ovarian cancer. She called her local Indiana office to say she was in the hospital. Her benefits were cut off anyway. The reason: "failure to cooperate." "She lost her benefits, she couldn't afford her medication, she lost her food stamps, she couldn't pay her rent, she lost access to free transportation to her medical appointments," Virginia Eubanks tells NPR's Ari Shapiro. Eubanks is the author of a new book, Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor . "Young died on March 1, 2009," Eubanks says. "The next day, she won an appeal for wrongful termination and all of her benefits were restored the day after her death." Young's story is one of three detailed pictures across the country that Eubanks draws to illustrate that automated systems used by the government to deliver public services'Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services Often Fail The Most Vulnerablehttp://krcc.org/post/automating-inequality-algorithms-public-services-often-fail-most-vulnerable
75148 as http://krcc.orgMon, 19 Feb 2018 21:49:00 +0000'Automating Inequality': Algorithms In Public Services Often Fail The Most VulnerableeditorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: February is Black History Month. That's the time of year when we make a special effort to learn about some of the key people who've shaped black life in America. But now we're going to hear more about one of the key institutions that shaped many of those figures. We're talking about historically black colleges and universities, HBCUs. Many of the African-Americans whose names you know attended them, like the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, even the star of the new "Black Panther" movie, Chadwick Boseman. You might remember when newly-installed Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called these schools, quote, "pioneers of school choice" in a statement following a listening session with HBCU leaders. But these institutions were founded when African-Americans, many formerly enslaved, did not have a choice. They were not allowed to attend most schools, yet they created spaces that nurtured and inspired political'Tell Them We Are Rising' Tackles Impact Of Historically Black Collegeshttp://krcc.org/post/tell-them-we-are-rising-tackles-impact-historically-black-colleges
75102 as http://krcc.orgSun, 18 Feb 2018 23:11:00 +0000'Tell Them We Are Rising' Tackles Impact Of Historically Black CollegeseditorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Later this week, prominent black women from across the country will be heading to Atlanta, Ga., for a conference they call Power Rising. Now, it's not unusual for black women to get together. Their sororities and social clubs are actually known for their under-the-radar powerhouse organizing. But this get-together might be different in that its sole purpose is to harness that organizing ability towards specific policy and political goals. To talk more about this, we're joined in our studios in Washington, D.C., by Nakisha Lewis. She's an organizer with the New York City chapter of Black Lives Matter, and she's one of the organizers of the Power Rising conference. Also here with us in Washington, D.C., another organizer, Karen Finney. She's a former senior adviser and spokesperson for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. Welcome to you both. KAREN FINNEY: Good afternoon. NAKISHA LEWIS: Good afternoon. MARTIN: AndBlack Women Gather In Atlanta To Harness Economic And Political Powerhttp://krcc.org/post/black-women-gather-atlanta-harness-economic-and-political-power
75103 as http://krcc.orgSun, 18 Feb 2018 23:11:00 +0000Black Women Gather In Atlanta To Harness Economic And Political PowereditorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Here's some other Olympic news. Olympic athletes have a range of strategies to help calm their nerves in the ultra-high-pressure competition. Some nap, others meditate or use visualization techniques, but the Olympic team from Finland has its own unique way of calming the jitters, as NPR's Melissa Block found out. MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: How do you say knitting in Finnish? ANTTI KOSKINEN: (Speaking in Finnish). BLOCK: (Speaking in Finnish). KOSKINEN: (Speaking in Finnish). BLOCK: (Speaking in Finnish). That's a nice word. KOSKINEN: Thank you. BLOCK: Call them the knitting Finns. Among them, the team's head snowboarding coach... KOSKINEN: Antti Koskinen. BLOCK: ...And a ski jumper... EETU NOUSIAINEN: Eetu Nousiainen. BLOCK: ...Who's knitting a black and white striped piece at the moment. NOUSIAINEN: It calms me down, yeah. BLOCK: Nousiainen knits in his room at the athletes village, but you'll find Coach Koskinen standing with'The Knitting Finns': For Finnish Athletes, Needles And Yarn Are Part Of The Olympic Routinehttp://krcc.org/post/knitting-finns-finnish-athletes-needles-and-yarn-are-part-olympic-routine
75104 as http://krcc.orgSun, 18 Feb 2018 23:11:00 +0000'The Knitting Finns': For Finnish Athletes, Needles And Yarn Are Part Of The Olympic RoutineeditorCopyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: He was wrongfully accused - set up, actually - beaten within an inch of his life, confined to solitary in New York's notorious Rikers Island, and even now, a decade later, former police officer Joe King Oliver is still trying to get his life back on track. Sure, he's making ends meet with his private eye service. He's repaired his relationship with his teenage daughter and is cordial with his ex-wife. And he gets to listen to some Thelonious Monk now and then. Does he really need to take on the complicated case of the activist-journalist accused of being a cop killer? Sure he does, especially when a mysterious letter on pink stationery ties the activist's case to the same corrupt cops who framed Joe 10 years earlier. You following all that? That is the set up of Walter Mosley's juicy new detective novel "Down The River Unto The Sea." And Walter Mosley is with us now from NPR West in Culver City, Calif. Thank you so much forIn 'Down The River,' Walter Mosley Latest Detective Novel Deals With Dualitieshttp://krcc.org/post/down-river-walter-mosley-latest-detective-novel-deals-dualities
75086 as http://krcc.orgSat, 17 Feb 2018 22:30:00 +0000In 'Down The River,' Walter Mosley Latest Detective Novel Deals With Dualities